{
    "code": "508",
    "title": "Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies",
    "sic_manual": "OSHA SIC Manual",
    "level": "Industry group",
    "major_group_code": "50",
    "parent_code": "50",
    "parent_title": "Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods",
    "plain_english_definition": "SIC 508 - Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies is an SIC industry group within SIC 50 - Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods. It brings together 4-digit industries covering construction and mining (except petroleum) machinery and equipment, farm and garden machinery and equipment, industrial machinery and equipment, and other industries in this group.\n\nUse SIC 508 when referring to this industry group as a whole. When the establishment's specific activity is known, use the appropriate 4-digit SIC industry within the group.",
    "summary_plain": "",
    "official_definition": "",
    "official_source": "https://www.osha.gov/data/sic-manual/major-group-50",
    "classification_note": "",
    "included_activities": [],
    "excluded_activities": [],
    "confused_codes": [],
    "official_siblings": [
        {
            "code": "501",
            "title": "Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/501/motor-vehicles-motor-vehicle-parts-supplies",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "502",
            "title": "Furniture and Home Furnishings",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/502/furniture-home-furnishings",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "503",
            "title": "Lumber and other Construction Materials",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/503/lumber-construction-materials",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "504",
            "title": "Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/504/professional-commercial-equipment-supplies",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "505",
            "title": "Metals and Minerals, except Petroleum",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/505/metals-minerals",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "506",
            "title": "Electrical Goods",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/506/electrical-goods",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "507",
            "title": "Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/507/hardware-plumbing-heating-equipment",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "508",
            "title": "Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/508/machinery-equipment-supplies",
            "label": "Industry group"
        },
        {
            "code": "509",
            "title": "Miscellaneous Durable Goods",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/509/durable-goods",
            "label": "Industry group"
        }
    ],
    "official_children": [
        {
            "code": "5082",
            "title": "Construction and Mining (except Petroleum) Machinery and Equipment",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/5082/construction-mining",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "5083",
            "title": "Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/5083/farm-garden-machinery-equipment",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "5084",
            "title": "Industrial Machinery and Equipment",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/5084/industrial-machinery-equipment",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "5085",
            "title": "Industrial Supplies",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/5085/industrial-supplies",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "5087",
            "title": "Service Establishment Equipment and Supplies",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/5087/service-establishment-equipment-supplies",
            "label": "Industry"
        },
        {
            "code": "5088",
            "title": "Transportation Equipment and Supplies, except Motor Vehicles",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/5088/transportation-equipment-supplies",
            "label": "Industry"
        }
    ],
    "related_naics_codes": [
        {
            "code": "4238",
            "title": "Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers ",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/naics-code/4238/machinery-equipment-supplies-merchant-wholesalers"
        }
    ],
    "example_companies": [
        {
            "name": "Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/lincoln-electric-holdings-inc",
            "city": "Euclid",
            "state": "OH",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Valeo Sylvania, LLC",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/valeo-sylvania-llc",
            "city": "Seymour",
            "state": "IN",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "MSC Industrial Direct Company Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/msc-industrial-direct-company-inc",
            "city": "Melville",
            "state": "NY",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Cleveland Brothers Equipment",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/cleveland-brothers-equipment",
            "city": "Murrysville",
            "state": "PA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Heidelberg Usa Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/heidelberg-usa-inc",
            "city": "Kennesaw",
            "state": "GA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Haas Automation Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/haas-automation-inc",
            "city": "Oxnard",
            "state": "CA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Cintas Corp",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/cintas-corp",
            "city": "Mason",
            "state": "OH",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Thompson Tractor Co Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/thompson-tractor-co-inc",
            "city": "Birmingham",
            "state": "AL",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Crown Holdings Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/crown-holdings-inc",
            "city": "Philadelphia",
            "state": "PA",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Mts Systems Corps",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/mts-systems-corps",
            "city": "Eden Prairie",
            "state": "MN",
            "reviewed": false
        },
        {
            "name": "Servco Pacific Inc",
            "url": "https://siccode.com/business/servco-pacific-inc",
            "city": "Honolulu",
            "state": "HI",
            "reviewed": false
        }
    ],
    "company_count": 42725,
    "email_contact_count": 17784,
    "phone_count": 40919,
    "website_count": 44021,
    "database_as_of": "Nov 13, 2026",
    "count_type": "commercial",
    "count_disclaimer": "These are SICCODE.com commercial database counts, not official government establishment totals. Website-Reviewed & Enriched is a separate review of company websites for products, services, markets, and fit.",
    "canonical_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/508/machinery-equipment-supplies",
    "json_url": "https://siccode.com/sic-code/508.json",
    "reviewed_by": "Industry Classification Review Team",
    "last_updated": "October 2026"
}